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List:       amarok-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 140972] New: Ratings using just golden stars are confusing (with
From:       Ernest ter Kuile <Ernestjw () xs4all ! nl>
Date:       2007-01-31 19:47:35
Message-ID: 20070131204734.140972.Ernestjw () xs4all ! nl
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           Summary: Ratings using just golden stars are confusing (with
                    proposal for something else)
           Product: amarok
           Version: 1.4.4
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: amarok-bugs-dist kde org
        ReportedBy: Ernestjw xs4all nl


Version:           1.4.4 (using KDE 3.5.5, Debian Package 4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-5 (4.0))
Compiler:          Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.19.2vmware

The way to use stars to rate a song is confusing because I though adding a star was for the beter songs \
only.

One day in a burst of change I had about rated half my music, giving a few stars here and there, but \
often giving one star meaning the song was above average. 

After a while I noticed one star actually means the song is awful! So all songs I though above average \
suddenly were now marked really bad.

Maybe my problem is cultural, but at school we got stars because we did wel, and the bad guy got some \
kind of negatively looking mark.

Now I'm not suggesting the current rating system itself is bad, only that visually it's confusing, as my \
cultural expectation clearly did not fit the intent of the system. My meaning was "stars are always good" \
instead of "stars can be good or bad". Assuming there are as many ways to get confused as there are \
cultures on this planet, I believe the star rating system should be clarified.

My suggestion is purely visual. I would propose to have differently looking stars to emphasis to bad to \
good aspect, so one 'star' would be more of an ugly blotch (ghost buster goo ghost sticking his tong out \
(maybe even animate drip)), while 5 stars would kind of shine (even slowly twikkel (very slow)).

This could also give a beter meaning to no image in the rating column which apparently should mean 3 \
stars, meaning neutral and in fact equivalent to not rated.

I'm not sure if the count should permanently show or maybe just while hovering over it with the mouse.

Anyway, this is just my 2c.
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